Activity for nAUTILUS
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Navigation on a tidally locked planet I have a tidally locked planet on a circular orbit, with an axial tilt of 22.5° That means one side is always in the sun, the other one in the shade. The subsolar point moves along a north-south line during each rotation around the sun, 22.5° each way. The night side can see the stars. How would s... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |
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Calculating eclipse periods I'm making a simple planetary system with a primary similar to our sun and a planet like our earth. This earth analog has a moon similar to our moon, just smaller and closer. How do I calculate the period between eclipses, given all the orbital parameters of all bodies? There must be some fairly s... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |
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Could plants generate energy using wind power? I'm working on a tidally locked world. I would like to have some life in the dark side of the world. The sun heats all the air on one side of the planet and winds high in the atmosphere transport it to the dark side of the planet where the air cools, drops and reverses flow back to the hot side. That... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |
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Calculating libration of a tidally locked planet So I am building a tidally locked world, but I want the shadow zone to vary a bit. One way to achieve this is through axial tilt. A planet with orbital period = day period, so tidally locked and 0 degree axial tilt will have the same area illuminated at all times. But a planet with the same paramete... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |